POLS 432 - Faces of Policy: Civil Servants in Public Organizations

Class Number: 2044

Description: Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite: POLS 150 Description: Examines the work of civil servants in public institutions. Specific focus is on whether frontline public servants implement policy, or whether they, by their decisions, create policy; the relationship among the organizations' rules and procedures and the employees¿ professional norms and values; the tension(s) of being situated between management, rules and policies and the clients¿ needs; how the employees cope with often scarce resources to get the job done; and the conditions of bureaucratic discretion and consequences for policy implementation.

Status: Open

Session: Regular Academic Session

Units: 3.00

Class Components: Lecture

Career: Undergraduate

Start Date: 08/24/2024

End Date: 12/14/2024

Grading: Letter Grade

Enrollment Total: 8

Available Seats: 22

Wait List Capacity: 0

Wait List Total: 0